Hyderabad tales: the most haunted places of the city

Shikha Gautam

If slow travelling is your way, Shikha Gautam is your person. Travelling, hitchhiking, camping, biking her way at a leisurely pace across India, specially the Himalayan regions, she takes readers on journeys through her words and photos. Other than Happy Trips, she blends travel and photography at www.nomadscribblings.com.

The City of Nizams has some interesting stories of the paranormal kind to narrate as well. One look at the list of haunted places in Hyderabad and you will have the stuff that horror movies are made of. With stories like that of the reportedly haunted house in Kundanbagh to the courtesan's ghost in Golkonda Fort, there are myriad places to visit in Hyderabad that can send shivers down anybody’s spine.

Kundanbagh Haunted House A house that is referred to as "the haunted house of Kundanbagh", this place has one of the spookiest tales to its name. As per reports, the Kundanbagh haunted house story goes something like this: once upon a time, it was inhabited by a woman and her two daughters who were quite intriguingly seen holding candles and walking through the house's corridors in the dark. They reportedly had a bottle full of blood hung at the house's entrance. While the other residents kept away from them, a thief who broke into the house found their bodies in a highly decomposed state inside the house. Police investigations revealed that the trio had died some six months back. The story became quite a rage in the city; with reports of strange apparitions in the house, it earned its reputation as one of the scariest places in Hyderabad.

Ramoji Film City This one is considered haunted in a movie-like way, making it stand true to its name. A popular shooting location for movies, Ramoji Film City has seen everything from actors who confess of seeing some "strange figures" in the mirror while getting ready for a shoot, huge chandeliers falling from roofs during film shoots to lightmen complaining of some invisible force that tries to push them down from the parapets. Security guards at the Ramoji Film City become a tad more cautious once the sun sets, for the place is believed to be haunted by spirits of soldiers who died here in the many wars during the reign of Nizams.

Ravindranagar A series of suicides around 2012 in Ravindranagar put the area in the list of haunted places in Hyderabad. Residents attributed the suicides to the presence of a ghost, starting all night vigils to protect their houses. Around half a dozen families living in the area abandoned the place out of fear, leaving the houses in a hurry. The news of the supposed "ghost" also made it to the headlines of some leading daily newspapers. A lot of religious symbols can still be seen painted on the houses, luring quite a few people interested in ghost stories.

Golkonda Fort Apart from its fame as one of the biggest forts in India, Golkonda Fort is quite famous for the horror stories attached to it. Ruled by various dynasties over centuries, it is believed to be haunted by the spirits of soldiers and Taramati, a famed dancer and singer, who is hailed as one of the most famous courtesans of the Qutub Shah dynasty. People have reported watching a shadow dancing in the fort complex as well as instances of utensils being hurled at them or sudden, sharp cries of pain coming out of nowhere. Visitors are not allowed to loiter about in the fort complex when darkness creeps in.

Add the Begumpet Haunted house and Shamshabad Airport (believed to be the burial site of people who died during a riot) to this list of haunted places in Hyderabad and you will have plenty of shadows to chase. Explore one or all of these at your own discretion for it is advised to stay away from these after dark.

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Hyderabad tales: the most haunted places of the city

The City of Nizams has some interesting stories of the paranormal kind to narrate as well. One look at the list of haunted places in Hyderabad and you will have the stuff that horror movies are made o...